"Why is this? Why is this?"

Shang Yao said in a daze, and he really couldn't understand why Mr. Li refused to admit it.

"What else can you say to County Magistrate Shang?"

Hu Bao sneered coldly.

"well!"

Shang Yao closed his eyes in pain and stopped talking.

"Since you, the magistrate of Shang County, have nothing to say, then let me leave the city defense matter to my Hu family for the time being. After the reinforcements of the prefect Cui arrived, we will make a decision. Come on! Please ask the magistrate of Shang County to return to the county government for rest!"

Hu Bao winked at Hu Lan and said with a smile.

"Mr. Shang County, let's go!"

Hu Lan then walked to Shang Yao and said disdainfully.

"You guys do it yourself!"

Shang Yao glanced at the people around him, said lightly, and then turned around and left.

In fact, this is not because Mr. Li is unwilling to say, who will be willing to help the evil, but when his family's lives are in danger, anyone will choose to compromise. This is human nature and animal instinct. This behavior is not shameful. This can mean that you are still alone, a flesh-and-blood person, and heroes will be praised by the world. But that is a minority after all, most people in life are still ordinary people. People sometimes have their thoughts that make people very elusive, such as what Mr. Li has now.

Other people who had been persecuted by the Hu family saw that Mr. Li was timid and afraid of things and refused to tell the truth, they looked at him coldly. Some impatient people even stayed away from Mr. Li directly, with anger in their eyes. When Shang Yao left and the Hu family also walked away, some people complained in a low voice.

"Isn't this daughter-in-law of the old Li family raped by that laziness? The county magistrate Shang has come forward to make decisions for him, so why doesn't he say it?"

"You don't know this. Afterwards, the Hu family gave him ten stones of food from the old Li family. It was obvious that the old Li was planning to sell his daughter-in-law to exchange for food!"

"No way!"

"Hmph, the old Li family can bow down and eat the food they earned with their daughter-in-law's innocence!"

"It seems that I will not interact with Lao Li's family in the future. Such people will sell you at any time!"

"Yes, son, you will have to cut off relations with the son of the old Li family in the future. My family is ashamed to be with his family."

Listening to the sarcasm of the people, Uncle Li looked sad, and even the neighbors who were usually close to him walked away with disgust.

In fact, what these people don’t know is that they are the same as Mr. Li. Shang Yao and Hu Bao didn’t dare to speak out just now, but at this time they seemed to be the incarnation of justice, and they all pointed the signs at Mr. Li to vent their dissatisfaction.

"You...you..."

‘Puff!’

Uncle Li was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot that he fell to the ground and died.

"Dad, dad..."

At this time, a woman in coarse linen quickly walked to Uncle Li and cried.

"He is the daughter-in-law of the Li family who was raped by Hu Lai?"

"It's not bad-looking!"

"It's obvious that she is a woman with aquatic poplar flower!"

Looking at the woman kneeling beside Mr. Li, the people around him even pointed at him, but no one came forward to help.

"Dad, I'll carry you home!"

The woman endured everyone's accusations and struggled to carry Mr. Li on his back and walked down the city.

The yamen runner who had just stood up for Shang Yao witnessed all this with his own eyes. What happened in just a quarter of an hour obviously subverted the young man's perception. In his opinion, society should not be like this, so the young man helped the woman walk down the city tower.

After sending the woman home, the yamen runner entered Shang Yao's county yard alone. When he arrived at the backyard, he saw Shang Yao sitting there alone in a daze. He hurried forward and said in a deep voice: "Sir, you can't be decadent anymore. The people of Meiji need you!"

Shang Yao chuckled and said, "Shuzhi, if I remember correctly, you are from Runan, right?"

"It's from Runan!"

The young yamen runner hurriedly replied.

It turned out that this young yamen runner was the famous Chen Dao and Chen Shuzhi in history.

"Then why did you go far away and come to Bingzhou?"

Shang Yao asked with a smile.

"Since Yuan Shu took over Yuzhou, he did not care about the lives of our people. My parents in the Yuru Village who defected to him were all persecuted by him. After hearing that Yang Zhengbei was in Bingzhou's benevolent politics, he went north. On the way, he met the adults. After learning about his ambitions, he followed him under his command."

Chen Dao replied sadly.

"Ambition, haha, I can't even surrender the bullies of a county, so how can I talk about ambition? What qualifications are there to speak up in front of the people! I am grateful to the prefect Cui and entrusted to the magistrate of Meiji County, but you have also seen that Meiji belongs to the Hu family."

Shang Yao said in a daze.

"Sir, since Priest Cui and Yang Zhengbei are not on the same side, why don't we join Guan Yu outside the city?"

Chen Dao suddenly remembered what happened to the old Li family just now, and then told him the story of Mr. Li being angry to death. Then he looked at him with a sharp look and said in a deep voice.

"Prince Cui is kind to me, I can't resist him!"

Shang Yao was stunned at first, then shook his head and replied.

"Sir, you are confused. Just now, the people were very happy when they saw Guan Yu's army arrive. What does this mean? It shows that Yang Zhengbei's people are determined by the will of his people! Isn't his ambition to make a career? This is an excellent opportunity. Besides, the prefect Cui and the Hu family are birds of a feather, so we still have to work hard for it? Do you really have the will to see that the people of Meiji are persecuted by bullies like Hu Bao again?"

Chen Dao was young and energetic, and he couldn't stand such a scene, so he tried his best to persuade Shang Yao.

"As the saying goes, loyal ministers do not serve the second master. Can you, uncle, be that villain?"

Shang Yao said with a frown.

"Sir, you are confused. Yang Zhengbei is the governor of Bingzhou. You are the county magistrate of Meiji County, Xihe County, Bingzhou. How can you start?"

Chen Dao was stunned and advised.

"If Yang Zhengbei's army is approaching, and I will abandon Prefect Cui and leave again, wouldn't it be a point of pointing others?"

Shang Yao was just killing Hu Bao in public, then gathering the Hu family forces to defend the city, waiting for Cui Jun's reinforcements, but the people were not on his side, which made him feel discouraged for a moment and didn't know how to face it.

"Sir, now it is Cui Tai Shou who intends to become independent. Yang Zhengbei is the governor of Bingzhou personally appointed by the emperor. We will help Cui Tai Shou resist Yang Zhengbei's army. What's more, look at what people are around Cui Tai Shou? Which of those people are from aristocratic families? You have always been ambitious and talented. In the end, you have to rely on the Hu family. Is such a person really worthy of your follower?"
Chapter completed!